Press Releases
State Agency Quietly Weakened Pipeline Water Restrictions
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, in the closing days of the McAuliffe administration, rolled back restrictions on construction in streams to help Dominion and Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers move the project along...
Conservation Groups Voluntarily Dismiss Lawsuit After Cancellation of Timber Sale in National Forest
Conservation groups voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit previously filed in federal court alleging that the US Forest Service illegally endangered the soil, forests and waters of the Cherokee National Forest and hid those risks from the...
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Plan Dooms Only Wild Red Wolves to Extinction
USFWS proposes confining some and “open season” on remaining highly endangered wild red wolves after ending protective efforts and reintroductions.
U.S. Supreme Court Remands Florida v. Georgia Interstate Water Fight Back to Special Master
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in the interstate water case Florida v. Georgia, remanding the case back to the special master for additional fact-finding and briefing of legal issues before issuing a final...
Conservation Groups File New Claims against NCDOT, FHWA, NMFS over Deficient Review of 540 Toll Road
RALEIGH, N.C – On behalf of Sound Rivers, the Center for Biological Diversity and Clean Air Carolina, the Southern Environmental Law Center today filed a slew of new claims in their lawsuit challenging the...
Fight to Open SCE&G to Solar Competition Heads to SC Supreme Court
COLUMBIA, SC — A South Carolina Public Service Commission (PSC) order that stifles cost-cutting energy competition in SCE&G territory is being appealed to the South Carolina Supreme Court.
Trump Administration Signals Unprecedented Attack on America’s Clean Water Protections
WASHINGTON – The Southern Environmental Law Center released the following statement in response to the announcement that the Trump administration had submitted a proposal for inter-agency review that would reportedly gut the Clean Water Act...
Court Decision Keeps Reliable Outer Banks Transportation Route Moving Forward
CHAPEL HILL, NC - A federal court today ruled in favor of conservation groups represented by the SELC defending the NC DOT’s plan to provide safe, reliable transportation on Hatteras Island by moving a section...
Trump Administration Seeks to Subsidize Coal, Keep Old Plants Burning
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — President Trump is seeking to subsidize over-budget nuclear reactors and outdated coal facilities while ordering his energy secretary to halt the closures of uneconomical coal plants, turning back the clock on years...
Appeals Court Again Sides with Citizens
RICHMOND, VA — The United States Court of Appeals has rejected Kinder Morgan’s request to reconsider its April ruling in which the Court held that local citizen groups can enforce the Clean Water Act to stop...